"We'll have to wait and see how that pans out over the next three years in terms of finding staff and providing the services," she said.

A total of $8 million has been given to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority for its field management program and a further $2 million will be spent on finishing the Flinders Street upgrade.

However, it is the $24 million to fix Blakey's Crossing that has excited Bohle business owners like Brad Webb.

"Townsville's going to need a big job like Blakey's Crossing, $24-25 million is a big commitment for Townsville for roadworks, so look I'm over the moon," he said.

A total of $40 million will also spent on an upgrade of berth 10 at Townsville port and Palm Island gets $30 million for housing upgrades.

Sugar industry peak body Canegrowers says the budget has delivered an important shot-in-the-arm to sugarcane research and development.

Canegrowers' chief executive Steve Greenwood says the $4.6 million allocated in additional funding will be welcome across the industry.

He says the money will be used to ensure the Australian industry remains competitive globally.

"One of the things we went into, one of the things we sought going into the state election was increased funding from the State Government for research development extension, a critical part of our industry, the Government's delivered," he said.

Meanwhile, the CEO of the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council, Selwyn Button, says the budget has done little to help Indigenous Queenslanders.

"The most significant trend that came out of the state budget are very much issues targeted ... in the remote and discrete communities across Queensland which essentially only equate for a little less than 15 per cent of the entire Queensland Indigenous population," he said.